# mirt
## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *mir-, from the zero grade *mr̥- of Proto-Indo-European *mor-, *mer- (“to die”). An ancient derivation *mirtis (“death”) has been replaced by nāve (“death”) (q.v.), cf. Lithuanian mirtìs (“death”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mīɾt]
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [mîɾt]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mirt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present mirstu, mirsti, mirst, past miru)
* (of people) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)
    mirt sirmā vecumā ― to die of old age (lit. in gray age)
    mirt dabiskā nāvē ― to die of (lit. in) natural death
    zēna vecāki ir miruši ― the boy's parents have died
    mirt badu ― to die of hunger, to suffer from hunger, to starve
    viņa tēvs mira nelabā nāvē: nosmaka rijā ― his father died a bad death: he suffocated in the barn
    viņš pāršķeļ milzim galvu un tad, nāvīgās žults nonāvēts, krīt uz savas vāles un mirst ― he splits the giant's head and, poisoned by the deadly gall, falls on his club and dies
* (of body parts) to die, to stop working
    pat pēkšņas nāves gadījumā dažādi organisma orgāni mirst pakāpeniski ― even in the case of sudden death, the various organs of the body die gradually
* (poetic, of animals, plants) to die (to cease to live, to cease to exist biologically)
    būs laiks, kad pēdējais no gulbjiem mirs ― there will be a time when the last of the swans will die
    apdegšas, mirušas ābeles stiepa pret debesīm melnas, sāpju pilnas zaru rokas ― burned, dead apple trees stretched to the sky the black, painful arms of (their) branches
* (figuratively, of social, natural phenomena; also ideas, thoughts, mental states) to die (to cease to exist)
    mirstošais fašisms ― the dying fascism
    tu droši vien zini, kā ir tad, kad mirst mīlestība ― you probably it is how it is (= what it is like) when love dies
* (figuratively, of ideas, thoughts, knowledge) to die (to be forgotten, to become insignificant, unimportant, pointless, meaningless)
    mirusa valoda ― dead language (no longer having native speakers)
    mīts par bijušo Kurzemes koloniju Gambiju bija miris jau sen ― the myth of the former Kurzeme colony of Gambia had died long ago
* (figuratively, of places) to die (to become uninhabited)
    mirusi planēta ― dead planet
    ir māja dzīva, nav tā mirusi, ja tajā tikšķot dzird vēl pulksteni ― a house is alive, not dead, if one still hears a clock ticking in it

#### Derived terms

    prefixed verbs:
* apmirt
* atmirt
* nomirt
* pamirt

#### Related terms

* mironis
* mirstīgs, mirstīgums
* mirstība

#### See also

* nāve

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mirt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* mirta

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmirt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -irt
* Syllabification: mirt

### Noun

mirt m inan
* myrtle (any shrub of the genus Myrtus)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mirt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mirt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrtus, French myrte.

### Noun

mirt m (plural mirți)
* myrtle